Jikulumessu: Abre o Olho is an Angolan telenovela produced by Semba Comunicação and which was broadcast in Angola from 20 October 2014 to 10 May 2015. The series had 175 episodes and aired at 21:00 local time.
The show was written by Coréon Dú, Alexandre Castro, Isilda Hurst, Divaldo Martins, Ana Sofia Fernandes, Andreia, Vicente Martins, Erikson Pacheco Rodrigues, Joana Jorge, Luisa Sampaio, Noé João, and Pedro Barbosa da Silva, and was directed by Marisa Tavares.
In Brazil, it was broadcast on TV Brasil from 25 May to 9 November 2017 at 20:30 local time.
The Angolan production was critically acclaimed internationally and was broadcast throughout Africa with English and French dubs done through channels such as Canal+ and Africa Magic, as was the case with the transmission in France and its territories through France Telévisions.
Plot The story begins in 1998 with 17-year old Joel Kapala. The teenager is accepted into one of the most prestigious Luanda schools so that he could complete his pre-tertiary studies, which provokes conflict within the Kapala family, primarily between his mother Laura and father Ivo, the owner of a car repair shop.
Awards YearAwardCategoryResult2015Seoul International Drama AwardsBest Drama Series International EmmyBest Telenovela rowspan="3" 2017FESPACOBest Television Series in AfricaÉcrans noirsBest TV Series
Cast +RoleActor/ActressJoel KapalaFernando Mailoge / Borges MaculaDjamila PereiraSandra Gomes / Heloísa JorgeIvo KapalaEric SantosLaura KapalaAna KarinaNina KapalaNicole Júlio / CaníciaRuth KapalaErica ChissapaJordão KapalaMateus CabaçaBruno MaiecoCelso RobertoRoberto CabralEry CostaMaria CabralJosefa FerrazElisa CabralConstância LopesLemba CabralCarla Aragão / Edusa ChindecasseNzola CabralAna AlmeidaNayr CangeGrace MendesGerson KapalaRafael Almeida / Lialzio AlmeidaJosé LocaOrlando SérgioFlor LocaSónia NevesVanessa LocaFilomena Reis / Henesse CacomaDaniel NambeKiary CarneiroAna NambeEdna GamaCarlos NambeRui Orlando / Pedro HossiBianca NambeYaritssa Resende / Marta FaialWalter NambeMiguel HurstSoraia NambeIsabel SilvaEmanuel KialaDaniel MartinhoJurema KialaIsalina GonçalvesGregório KialaJoão Chaves / Fredy CostaPedro KialaXavier António / Yuri de SousaRui PacaMacGonelElena PacaDinamene BoornoisSara PacaElisângela Gomes / Maura FaialMargarita EstevãoMaueza MonteiroFelipe EstevãoLélis TwevekambaWeza EstevãoSofia BucoWilliam CostaDélcio Rodrigues / Emanuelson ManuelCelso CapitaJoel BenolielBento MachadoKitemgo KungaPriscila SilvaJesuina SilvaNuno NassomaJoicelino Bembo / Jaime JoaquimHilário NakombeAdelino CaracolPaulo AlmeidaSílvio NascimentoCândida PereiraIlda CostaKleyde MirandaHenza Benchimol / Maya ZudaSheila GasparVanda PedroCláudia RodriguesLesliana PereiraLao KimJani Zhao
International broadcasts CountryBroadcasterTitleTPA InternacionalJikulumessu - Abre O OlhoRTP1Jikulumessu - Abre O OlhoTV BrasilJikulumessuA+JikulumessuAfrica MagicJikulumessu
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